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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24. 1948

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ZOfficCITKiIIBd, $6,000 In Loot Taken__In Montreal Holdup’

P. E. Island Is Rated A Prosperous Market

Mat-Gen. Weeks Says War ls Possibility

1151.1». Que, sept. 23 —(OP)_ War is a possibility which camd- tans ntust face. Mal-Gen E G.. Weeks, adjutant general. declared today in an army weak gpggch prepared for delivery to the Hull‘ Rotary Club. "The peace wthich wg fought so hard to gain is, 1m. fortunately, by no means secure." G Weeks said. “War is s. pos- st1t;1;:y' we must face.” '

Coming Events

"We do Custom Grain Grinding daily Livestock Feed Asency.

"Dame 1n Auburn School. Fri- day. September 24th. Good music.

"tklilCE at. i-iarrington, Septemb- e: it'll. postponed till next week.

"Dance in Toronto School, Fri- liar. Scptembenildth. Good music.

"C C. l". Club Meeting at Wald- ror. Moases, Freetown, September 24th.

"Dance at. Stanley Bridge School Fririav. September 24th. Ice cream and cake.

"11:: Dance and Canteen Ser- \"'<~e at New London tonight. Door prizc

"Dance and refreshments" at;- Frookvale school. Friday. Sept. 24.. lifatzNctllfis Orchestra.

‘filumvunue Sale. Holy Name 11111.. Saturday. September 25th. B o'clock, St, Charles Auxiliary-

"Order Eastern Star pantry svtic (‘ll-sf A. MacDonald's Store bgi-urtiay 2.30 p.m.

"Rum!" like sale Christian Church school room Saturday. 5PM 25. 3:30 p.m.

“Liston! Stop! Sec! The last ucm cud showing at; MacDonald ‘ Fhcatre tonight. Show time

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"Don't. forget the dance at 1;!“ <. Borden. tonight.‘ Music by V1111‘ County Pioneers. Dancing from 9 to l.

"Bnviusz llvo poultry on Mon. fiT-"s- Wednesdays and Fridays. i ‘ Fllilhlicd. D. M. MacKinnon. Murray Rtveu

"Unloading car-Shur-Gttin Hog (‘Ifour-r. etc" Friday and Saturday R‘ Canada Packers. Better feeds a‘ tastier nr'cc5. Wvil also deliver. P-Pulc 2511-1. or call nt car.

‘ " Pu" Store will be closed from 1 PIr 2nd. to October 16th. Spec-- a. itrmes preceding week. Short- ‘P-iuu 36c. Seedtless Raisins 18c. G.

n "Pose. Rusticoville. "iicar Gcoze—_wotiozi, CC!“ Frovittz-ini (irganizer. speaking on

"Pruviticinl Affairs". over C.F.C.Y. 3f)‘ liondnv cvcnitig. September "ti! at .0 P. M. Standard ‘Time.

"Can take orders for a couple lvtntlrcd bales imported shavings i" make balance carlot. We ex- vfci higher prices shortly. Phone 311114. or contact l’... McDonald. Shur-Gain Feeds. Parkdale.

"Pictures at Morell every Tues- dsr and Saturday. Show eao P. M. ‘Cloning Friday and Saturday. Th8 Sea of Grass." starring Spencer ‘Racy. Robert Walker. fiiiharine Hepburn. Melvyn Doug-

"Buying pigs Monday at Fred- ericton. Paying $21 a pair for Rood pigs over 30 lbs. each. Will buy any kind. will not be buying l! any other points until follow- iilk week Knud Jurgensen, fled- lricion_

"Coming Friday and Saturday,

Ronald Colman, in “The Late ficorrze Apley" null introducing Pastry Cummins._ with Vanissn

Brown. Richard Hayden. Charles Russell. Richard Nay. Admission 150 and 300..

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NEW YORK. Sept. 23 —- Char- lottetown is shown to be a prosper- ous market. with more "spendable" money in tthe hands of the average family than is the case in most Canadian cities, according to a copyrighted survey of buying pow- er just completed by Sales Man- agement.

Retail sales in Charlottetowms stores reached the high level of $l0.407,000 in 1947, the data shows. Thus the city accounted for .170 percent of Canada's retail business with only .117 percent of Canada's population, indicating it to be a superior market. It stood out in Prince Edward Island also. doing 41.74 percent of the province's business with but 15.53 percent of the province's population.

This was made possible by bet- ter incomes. The survey shows that the 3.000 families in Charlottetown had an effective buying income, before taxes, of 310544.000, an average of $3,515 per family. This was better than the Prince Edward Island earnings. $2.3M per family.

A measure of the purchasing ability of Charlottetown, compared with that of the Dominion. per pnit of population. is given by a "quality of market index." This rates Charlottetown 9 percent above average in buying potential.

Much of this potential was not tapped, according to the survey. It. found its way into savings and into investments.

British Plans For Reserve Force Are Announced

' Cornwall last Sunday afternoon.

Cornwall War Memorial

-Photo by Saunders.

Pictured above is the imposing new white granite war memorial. dedicated to thcse who died in World War If, which w'as unveiled a: The memorial bears the following

By JAMES McCOOK

IDNDON, Scot. 23 r- iCPl '- Defence Minister Alexander an- nounced plans today to build up armed reserves for any interna- tional emergency.

H; said the "whole question of defence of the Commonwealth" will be considered at the October ‘ commonwealth conference canada will be represented by Prime Minister Mackenzie King.

Britain's mobilization machinery has been overhauled, said the veteran Labor Minister Cabinet job is to co-ordinaic act- ivities of the three services. And

"if unhappily such machinery had ‘

to be tised it would be found to work satisfactorily."

The country's rearmnment pro-- gram was tffloviflg so swiftly in both men and material that the Government had not been able to count the cost.

All men and vvocnen who serv- ed in the wartime services, Alcx- ander explained, are subject to recall until the “state of emer- gency" bro-tight on by the Second

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inscription: "Dedicated to the glory of God and in honor of our men who gave their lives in World War If. Gunner John White Bell. killed in action in Italy, October 3, i944, age 21; Flight Lieutenant Ronald H. Butler. killed in action over Germany. October 22, 1943. age 24; Flight

. Sergeant Tcrris H. Miller, killed in action over Belgium, August 17,

1942, age 23; Private William E. Stone, killed in Holland, October l0.

United Church Rules On ' 1 Conscientious Qbjectors

t iilintsterial Candidates w||| Receive Re- ‘ cognition For "Alternate Service" 1 i

{ordination was delayed either by (By Robert Phillips) Hmilitary" or "alternate service" VANCOUVER, Sept. 23—-(CP)—:_ were each brought into the new |Ccnsr~icntions objectors who scrv-bc-heme by a 3-1 majority’ vote of ;cd in the Dominion Government's the 13th General Ctc-uncil here free-ted labor camps. and active and each will he pensionable dur-

‘force men wiho served in uniform ing the years of "war-time ser-

Fleming Enters Race For Conservative Leadership

crrrawa, sent. 2s ~ tor» ~l Donald M. lilcminil. Yfllmil and aggressive Toronto lawyer and, parliamentarian, today threw the Progressive Conservative leader- ship contest into a four-way race by announcing he is out for the job.

Mr. Fleming. 43-year-old com- mons member for Toronto Es- lington, became the youngest of the contestants who are commit- ted an candidates at the party convention opening here Sept. 30.

He will go up ‘against Premier Drew of Ontario, John Diefen- baker, MP. for Lake Centre, Seek, and Garfield case. MP. for Grey North. Ont. These are the only others in the field at present for the leadership to be given up by John Bracken.

An earlier announced candidate -J.W. Hanna, member of the Ontario Legislature for’ Huron- Bruce-hu announced he is with- dre/wing and supporting Premier Draw. ‘

Today, Mr. Cue issued a state- ment re-effirming his own can- didature in the light of Mr. Hanna's withdrawal. He also said it was ‘hardly proper" for a re- tiring candidate to indicate lup- port for another contestant.

In a confident declaration of his intentions, Ml’. Fleming indicated he would base his fight to some extent on a belief that he can pull

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‘during the Second World Warp vice." twill receive equal treatment by‘, "The price of peace is the prac- ithe United Church's new mints-"Lice of Christianity," Rcv. C. 1.. terinl plan adopted today. ‘Taylor o. O1‘fll‘1i)\\'ll, Que. said Ministerial candidates \vhose‘\vhen he recommended equal , treatment. l "Conscientious objectors ltave ‘long been outside the pale," he said. “They did nut. believe in bearing arms and they ircliovca they were serving their Church

convictions"

sir. ‘Faylor said he was not a pacifist. bu-t “wished he hall thl courage to be."

"The Church claims that the end does not justify the means" he argued, "and yet the Ohurrh said that peace justifies an un- christian war."

Rev. Victor Rose of Potnte Claire, Que., backed up the re- commendation. -

The United Church at its Gen- eral Council meeting in i986 said i‘ \v"'\"-:i wcosznize conscientious objectors. he said.

lvtany of our men took their war-time stand believing their action was approved by the C......,,h‘.. . The one-hour debate on this

bec, where Progressive Omilefll- tive fortunes have been at a low ebh for years.

l-ie made it plain, too, he would appeal to the younger element in the party. At 43, he said, he was young enough to interpret the as- pirations of young Canada, yet old enough to handle the tasks of leadership, i

A stocky, eggressivg back- hencher "who has been in the Commons only three Ytars, Mr. Flaming already has made his mark as one o! the most effective opposition critics of the Govern- ment.

He and Mr. ‘Diefenbaker are perhaps the_ most stinging udfiiea with which the Government has hed to contend from the Progres-

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Bandits’ llriver“ Arrested, Two

MONTREAL, Sept. 23 —- tCP) -- Two policemen were killed to- day in s. fusilade of revolver shots from two bandits who robbed an east end branch of the Banque Canadienne Nationale.

Police said they captured the bandits‘ accomplice, their car

- Virblckas at the bottom

and their beliefs by holding those‘

driver, a few minutes after the daring robbery and late tonight

said they were looking for two brothers, Donald and Douglas Perrault, in connection with the slayings.

police cruiser overtook the speed-

as Noel Clouthier, 24, surrender- ed tn- police, He hart spcti away alone in the car without waiting

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' 4 Lovers’ Qua

PARIS, Ont.. Sept. 23 ~tCPi ~- A icve:s' quarrel ended here today in an apparent murder and suicide. Police said Antanas Virbickas. 3S. died from self-inflicted wounds six hours after he shot Stase Stonkutn, the 33-year-old ovoman he wanted to marry.

The romance between the Lithu- anian-born couple. said in ha." istarted in a European displaced ipezsons camp. came to a violent end when the hospital-laundry worker was shot thrce times through the heart in front of her room-mate. ‘ ,

Virbickas, employed at Erantford. I Ont, as a carpenter, is reported to| have told National Employment Service officials there that he in- tended to marry ‘Miss Stonkutc.‘ Friends hcre say the woman told: them she decided nnt tn marry him because she preferred Canad- ians to European men. t‘

"When he entered the bedroom Stase ran back and leaned 1211111“ the bed with her arms in the air-"i said Eugenia Staslukotiicitttc. tlir-w, girl who lived with Miss Stonkut-"i in the rooming-hops». "Then I sawi Virbickas point a Luger pistol at“ Stase and shoot her."

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stairs just after he slipped in L11:- back door at ahoutdam. She ask- ed him what he was doing there so icarly. She couldn't recall his renljv. but he seemed excited as he pushui

oust her on his way up to Miss Stonktltcs room. She said she heard four shots ;

just as she was leaving for work. "When I heard the first. shot 1

‘looked back thcwzh the front. dour ,

land saw into the room. I snxv ‘iVirbickas shoot himself lust taut» ithe door. l-ic but his pistol to his ‘iiicad and fired."

‘ Marltimfiireetlcr To {Judge 0ntar|o Jerseys

SIM-COB. Ont. Sc-pt. 23—A Mur- itimc Jersey breeder will judge n shew for what is believed to be the first time in Ontario when Gilbert C. Robinson of Harvey Station, N.B_. will offictste at the Jersey contests at the Norfolk County Fair here, Oct. 5.

Mr. Robinson is one of the out.- standing Jersey breeders in the Maritimes.

Ontario Agriculture Kennedy will open the fair.

FOLIO DEATHS

EDMONTON, Sept. 23 —(CP)— Death Wednesday of a 21-year-old Edmonton man raised the total number of fatalities from polio- myelltis to 11 in Alberta this year, health authorities reported today. Three new cases in Edmonton brought the total number of suf- ferers in the Province to 261.

sive Conservative ranks in recent sessions.

His bilingualism gives him an asset in Qudbec. and Prolressive Conservatives aey he has gained considerable support there be- cause of a Commons Jxchange with Rt. Hon. Louis St. Laurent. Mr. Fleming took Mr. St. Laurent to task for saying French could rba abolished as an official lang- unite by a simple act of Parlia- ment.

The point of the exchango, u the story is being recounted in Quebec, is that Mr, St. Laurent spoke in msltah while llr. Flem- inzuilelivered hi: rejolndeg in‘

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SAINT JOHN, N. B" Sept. l 23—-Giant of Canada's navy. | the grey aircraft carrier H. i M.C.S. Magnificent slipped in- to the sheltered waters of t Courtenay Bay today for a 10- i day vidt to Saint John. The 1 17,400-i.on flat top will under- go a check-up in dry‘dock.

It is her first visit to this port. She is scheduled to sail back to Halifax Oct. 2, refuel. find then visit. Quebec City, Seven Islands. Charlottetown i and Sydney. returning to l-lai- l ifax Oct. 2s.

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tVanguard 0f iPotato Pickers

‘ii F ii S . 0T8 f0iil . . ‘l _____. z Bettveen 800 and 900 1101M“ " ‘csers will be brought. to the is- ‘iand tnis season through the Nat- Servtce. stated yesterday. A few from Nova

officials ncre have already a-fivfld. scotia and a group of 35 is ex- pected next Tuesday. Groups bi pickers will continue to flow into the Province on Tuesdays and Thursdays for the three weeks.

Orders for over 100 pickers have been received alzcady frvm Kinda. and Queens County potai01l°W°Y5 ' whg, it, l5 expected, will require an ' .

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News In Brief

TEL AVIV, Sept. 23-—tAP)-—I5- :rael offered a reward of $20,000 t tonight for informatiop leading to 1 the arrest of Count Folke Berna- i dotteis assassins. ‘

MIAMI, Fla, Sept-_ 23—(AP)—-\ The two-listed hurricane that tnaulcci Cuba and Florida contin- ued on its way up the Atlantic tonight, threatening to sideswipe Bermuda with gale force winds. ‘

WASHINGTON. Sept. 23-tAPi United States naval task force Sit, operating with two carriersj and supporting warships. will sail . for Far East. ports. including‘ ‘China, Oct. l Navy spokesmen , said it. would be n "rogulnrlyt

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i (By The Canadian Press) -‘ MOSCOW. Sept. 23 - lzvcstia; said today that eight more Rus-. sian wives-one married to aCun- adian. the others to Britons and Americans-have sent letters say‘ ing that they do not want to leave Russia.

A regular divorce announcement aiso appeared in the Governtmcntt, paper concerning Mrs. Eleonora Power. wife of George Power, now Canadian vice-consul in Detroit.

(In Detroit. Power. a native of Saint John, N. 13., and formerly a Canadian Embassy official in Mos- cow, said that the fonner baller- ina Eleonora Kuznctsova. divorced him some time ago and that she already has remarried.

tl-le termed as n. "wonderfully cooked-up story" the letter ap- pearing in Izvesila which said mat Mrs. Power, along with seven other Russian women who married Americans or Britons had pro- tested "against the slanderous anti<Sovict campaign in the An- glo-American press about the S0- viet wives question"

him after she was refused a. visa to leave Mosccw'._ The visa was refused "for uny one of a hundred

Canada May Reconsider Joining Berlin Airlift

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(By The (‘anadian Press) OTTAWA. 301W- ZIi-Canada. pro- bably will give new consideration to joining in the Berlin airlift if t that supply lifeline of the Gef-‘ man Capital has to he conttnucdt through the wtntcr. l Government quarters gave strong indications today that Canada's non-participation stand would be reviewed by the Cabtne‘ in the event of failure of current Allied.

Russian negotiations over the Bcr- t r

lin issue. t At the same time. it was stated that, cvnn if Canada should cle-l‘ cide to lend a hand in the lift. it I i5 Unlikely she would ask for anyi greater voice in formulating Al- Alllbroach of winter with its in- i creased burden on the lift has led l Government Opinion to swing 5-,

round to the possibility of talcingi

Dart in the air armada. . ‘ Previously. the Canadian posit- ion has been based an the fact Canada has not asked specifically for help and also on a belief that at any time the need for the lift might be removed.

As late as a fortnight Prime Minister King hope for a settlement,

But ‘now the Berlin negotiations are viewed here less optimistic- Hily. and there is an increasing belief that. the Allies-chiefly the United States and Britain at p". sent—-u=il1 have to supply Berlin by air through the winter.

S0 far. Empire countries that have volunteered aid are Aus-- tralia, New Zealand and south Africa.

Just what Canada might con. tribute has not yet been consid- ered to any extent, it is under. stood. It might be aircrew alone or both crews and planes,

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Expect Report 0n lirlpps’ Talks Sometime Today

By George Kitchen OTTAWA. Supt. 2s -<cr>»_. of.

sources said be requested that earl

flcial secrecy still shields develop. merits in the Anglo-Canadian. economic talks herc but some ltgiiz,‘ might be shed upon them tcmor-. row. ‘

Official sources said the dlSCUS~i sions, in progress since iinndajv.

‘will end late tonight and that a.

joint communique will be issucti‘ IQIIIOITOW‘. possibly in the mornituyt

One spokcsmnn said that thei‘ talks had been that no dccisiorts had been takcnl

Sir Stafford Cripps and Actingt Prime- Minister" Si. Laurcnt. that two main participants. cmerzcdt from the iinst Block of tho Parlia- t ment Buildings ".0 today and posed for newspaper‘ photographer. but. said they had no comment no makc.

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Patient; Not Weakness, e Tells Reds

PARIS, Sept. 23 —<AP)- State Semetarv Marshall told Russia to-

day that the (‘titted States will not compromise on principles to win peace.

He also warned the Soviet Union that patience must not. be mlsurte dcrstood for weakness. That would be a tragic error, he said.

He did not mention Russia by

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LAP) - United states officials are wondering whether Russia J5 Betting ready to quit the . United Nations,

A possible hint that she may do so is contained in the latest radio blast from M0scc/w_ It ‘accuses the United state; or “Sfieklng to "torpedo the Unitcd t l

Nations."

‘ 1t folio-wed another veiled intimation by Andrei Vishiri- Fkl‘. Soviet Deputy Foreign

iMinistcr, at me on. General Qi-‘issembly in Paris, that Russia imIEM Pull Out o1 the world or- lganization,

name in his policy declaration t1 the United Nations General As ss-mbly. But delegates who listens carefully agreed he w” h1g1“ difflctly to the soviet Union an her satellites.

Marshall was preceded only by the Phillippines in the Assembly’: opening general debate. Informed

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TORONTO, Selvt. 23 -_ (up)... afinimum and maximum ‘tempor- atifresz-Vancouver 46, 57; m. monlon H, 46; Regina 54. 69f Winnipeg 41, n; Toronto 4.9, an‘ Oiifiwfl 46. 60; Montreal 47., 55; Quebec 44. i5; saint John 415, do; Moncton 39, 58; Halifax 4,3, 31X. Charlottetown 46, 56; Sydney 44,, G1.’ Yarmotith 45, 58.